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Leonidas Polk

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Leonidas Polk

Confederate General (1806-1864)

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About Leonidas Polk

Leonidas Polk was a Confederate general, a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, which separated from the Episcopal Church of the United States. He was a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and a second cousin of President James K. Polk. He resigned his ecclesiastical position to become a major-general in the Confederate States Army, when he was called "Sewanee's Fighting Bishop". His official portrait at the University of the South depicts him as a bishop with his army uniform hanging nearby. He is often erroneously referred to as "Leonidas K. Polk" but he had no middle name and never signed any documents as such.

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by T. Lilienthal, New Orleans via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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Occupation: politician, Anglican priest, army officer, bishop
Position held: bishop
Citizenship: United States
Born: April 10, 1806
Died: June 14, 1864

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